El Huérfano

El Huérfano: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this lake: Full / gates open · Low water level · Entry closed.

Best time to visit El Huérfano

Season: August to December when reservoirs are full and gates may open.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach El Huérfano — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 30.64108, -106.36051. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near El Huérfano

• Puerto La Mexicana · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~21 km
• Cañón Mosqueteros · dargah · Ahumada · ~25 km
• Cañón Buenos Aires · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~25 km
• C. Las Lajas · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~33 km
• Ruinas de Guadalupe · fort · Ahumada · ~35 km
• Battle of Carrizal · fort · Ahumada · ~37 km
• Cerros Banco de Lucero · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~41 km
• Sierra San Miguel · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~45 km
• Cerros Las Tetas de Juana · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~46 km
• Puerto El Bebedero · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~47 km
• Cerro Redondo · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~47 km
• Puerto La Luz · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~48 km
• Cerro de Santiago · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~49 km
• Cañón El Aura · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~51 km
• Cañón El Venado · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~52 km
• Cañón La Tinajita · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~52 km
• Cañón El Oso · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~53 km
• Cañón El Piloncillo · viewpoint · Ahumada · ~54 km

See everything within a day’s drive of El Huérfano

Other lakes, dams & reservoirs near El Huérfano

• Riverside Diversion Dam · lake · El Paso · ~141 km
• Ortiz · lake · Ahumada · ~2 km
• El Chivo · lake · Ahumada · ~5 km
• La Palma · lake · Ahumada · ~7 km
• La nagostura · lake · Ahumada · ~9 km
• Bordo la Angostura · lake · Ahumada · ~13 km
• Jesus Maria · lake · Ahumada · ~19 km
• Palos Blancos · lake · Ahumada · ~21 km
• La Caballada · lake · Ahumada · ~26 km
• La canela · lake · Ahumada · ~32 km

All lakes, dams & reservoirs in Chihuahua

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